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A. M. WHIPPLE,OF NORTH ADAMS, MAssAenUsuTTs.

" WHIP-(SOCKET.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 413.540, dated July 12,

To. `@ZZ @hom it .may cmwern.- 4Be it known Nbrth Adams", inthe .countyl ot'. Berkshirejand f' State of lllassachusetts, have invented anew and useful Improvementin yW'hipSockets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, fand'exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to `I nake'aud vuse the same, reference being had to .the accompanying drawings, making a part ot' this specification, in 'which-f` i v p Figure l represents a vertical central section Of my invention; Fig. 2, ajhorizontal section of the same.-

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. 'I his invention-relates to a; new and superior reference' indicate I like mode ot attaching whip sockets to the dash-' boards or other parts of carriages or other vehicles.

The invention consists -in the employment',

vOruse of a holtand' nut passing through the side of the whip socket and through the dashboard or other attached, -in combination with a block of wood or other suitable material interposed between dash-board, in such a manner 4that by screwingnp` the 'bolt the whip-socket is always held inan erect position, and by the block lit is thro-wn clear of the apused to -cover the apron; and, finally, this invention 'ad a much better f mits ,of giving to the socket tinish than Awhen the same is attached in the usual manner. v

- Arepresentsa. whip-socket constructed in the usual form and manner. Instead of Fastening the same to the dash-board bylneans oi' a strap passing round the socket in the usual manner, I use a bolt, a., which passes'through the side .of thewhip-socket, asv

clearly shown in the drawings, and through the dashboard B or, other part of the carriage tO which said socket is tolle attached.`

part to which the same is to be l 'C is a block of wobd vor other suitableina terial hollowed out 'on One side to fitto the .circumference of the sO'cket,A,"and placed between it andthe Vdash-board B, as ,clearly 'shownfin Fig. l of the drawings, and in Order to throw thesocket ott' from cover the `apron the block on one side than on the other, as clearly shown "in Fig, 2, whereby the whip-socket and dashboard are brought in that position toward each other .which is represented in' said figure.

The bolt c is fastened easy access can be had at all times, so that the moment. y

.By the combined action of the bolt aand position andthe belt usually employed for fastening whip-sockets to dashboards can be .dispensed with. The bolt is entirely cOncealed from view, and th properlynished, will havea much better appearance when attached according' to my invention than it has when attached-by the Old method.'

socket where thcbolt p asses through, ametal shown in lthe drawings. ln case the whipsocket is made entirely ot' leather or tiexible material this plate will be indispensable. Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Let# ters Patent- A f' The employment or use for the purpose-ot fastening whip-sockets, of a bolt., a., iuco|nv hinationl with the beveled block C, applied.

and operating substantially as and for the g purpose set forth.

' A, M. \`\'HIPP Ll J. Witnesses:

JOEL BACON, EDWIN ROGERS.

the tlap used to C is niade thicker by a nut., b, to which socket can be attached or detached at any beveled block @the socket is kept in an erect e whip socket, when In Order to strengthen the side of'the whip-r 

